Bear cubs have a big advantage in cold weather – they come equipped with warm fur coats that help them stay cozy no matter how cold it gets. But their behavior shows that they enjoy cozying up to other cubs, for added warmth.









The weather is supposed to warm back to normal (upper 50s – low 60s) next week, so there’s no telling if the cubs will have another snowfall to experience while they are at ABR. Guess we’ll wait and see.
November 17, 2019 at 8:15 pm
When do you know it is time to release back into the wild?
November 18, 2019 at 5:13 pm
The release dates are decided upon by the wildlife agencies to whom the bears belong. This year we have bear cubs from Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
As a general rule, the cubs are released at a time when food in the wild is diminishing and it is time to den. As Curator Coy learned in his study of the 2015-16 bears, the cubs went into dens very shortly after being returned to the wild.